via original post (anonymous author) on Diaspora:/"It seems like the whole nomadic inventor movement is taking off. For a long time now, creative people without profit motives haven't had the easiest time getting their ideas out there. That's all changing though. Here are a few places where a person could go, camp, meet like minds, and develop their ideas, all in open source, extremely low cost to money free environments. The camps have specific projects that they hope will benefit humanity and are also open to new open source projects and ideas. If any of you are or know someone creative that wants to learn to thrive off grid and make the world a better place by doing so, please share this post with them. :)"/

http://totalism.org/ (hosting this overview)Focus: * "a tactical, post-capitalism platform researching and building Hackbases (coliving hackerspaces), since 2011" * "This hackbase is an infrastructure project designing and deploying a free living habitat." * "Hackbases are live-in hackerspaces, the critically missing infrastructure to enable full-time vanguard technologist lifestyles. [...] hackers are subsumed by the life logic of current advanced capitalist societies [...] hackers with normal day jobs are powering a bullshit neoliberal political reality, which is destroying the pillars of dignified public life [...] These problems are as insufficiently addressed, and structurally cannot be solved by big corporate, startup, non-governmental or academic organisations, as well as by current hackerspaces." * importance of infrastructure over community, research in off-grid infrastructure, management cybernetics & knowledge technologies, ... * building a studio residence for recording bandsStatus: * free camping in transition period (2015) while choosing and buying rural land * next camp: see 🔗planning𝌡9/17

PAF ("Performing Arts Forum") [St Erme, France]http://www.pa-f.net/PAF is based in St Erme, 150km north-east of Paris, France, between Reims and Laon. PAF (=PerformingArtsForum) is a place for the professional and not-yet professional practitioners and activists in the field of performing arts, visual art, literature, music, new media and internet, theory and cultural production, and scientists who seek to research and determine their own conditions of work. PAF is for people who can motorize their own artistic production and knowledge production not only responding to the opportunities given by the institutional market. Initiated and run by artists, theoreticians and practitioners themselves, PAF is a user-created, user-innovative informal institution. Neither a production-house and venue, nor a research-center, it is a platform for everyone who wants to expand possibilities and interests in his/her own working practice.9/17 http://nomadwiki.org/en/Performing_Arts_Forum

Tokyo Hacker Farmhttp://www.hackerfarm.jp/"Hackerfarm is a place and its people, too. The place is located in rural Japan, about two hours east of Tokyo on the Boso peninsula. It’s a cluster of buildings, a lot of shared tools, and a beautiful country setting. The people are a collection of Japanese and foreign tech hackers who’ve escaped from city life. We’re working together on projects, making life richer for ourselves and for the community who have adopted us."9/17 http://nomadwiki.org/en/Tokyo_Hacker_Farm

Factor e Farm / Open Source Ecology [Missouri, USA]A hackbase by OSE people, for working on that project.http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Factor_e_Farm"Factor e Farm is a 30 acre parcel of land 1 hour away from the Kansas City International Airport in Missouri. In 2004, Open Source Ecology purchased this land - a blank slate that was a soybean field. Since then, we have been busy building infrastructure, using as much open source, libre processes and hardware as possible. [...] Factor e Farm is an experiment on many levels: natural ecology, industrial production, experimental research and development, immersion education, and a transformative lifestyle. Factor e Farm combines a lifestyle immersion in the world of open source hardware, and a goal of creating the open source economy. We are experimenting with what it would look like if a small group of people were able to achieve a full resilient lifestyle, by tapping solar power (direct and indirect) and appropriate industrial technology - to master infrastructure maintenance at no more than a few hours per year - to attain raw industrial productivity with appropriate, heirloom and modern technology - to ascertain production of food, housing, energy, and technology from local feedstocks. This implies significant technology, productivity and efficiency levels - essentially removing waste from the unstable model of centralized industrial production, and converting to a more congruent and ethical open source economy."More: * http://vimeo.com/63937786 * http://youtu.be/nr2xJbD49lo * www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-11-01/the-post-apocalypse-survival-machine-nerd-farm9/17 http://nomadwiki.org/en/Factor_e_Farm

ResidenceSEA [Crete, Greece]http://maakali.org/ResidenceSEA/about/"""Sensing your Environment through Art – is a residence for artists, organized by artists, which aims to bring artists and researchers to Heraklion, to dive into a creative and collaborative process with the environment and the community. ResidenceSEA aims to be a place for artists, researches, hackers and all creative people of the community to collaborate and exchange ideas, to experiment and create hybrid art works between art, science and technology.We provide a studio/loft to live and work, opportunities for collaboration, assistance to document your process and project and a venue for presentations, happening, workshop and exhibitions. The space of ResidenceSEA is the ground floor of an old taverna on the beach of Heraklion just 10 meters from the wave line(see Space)."""9/17 http://nomadwiki.org/en/ResidenceSEA

Alg-A Lab [Valladares, Spain]http://www.lab.alg-a.org/en/A cultural experimental lab underway since 2008. The property of 3000m2 is under a 10 year assignment. The aim is to offer the Alg-Lab as a remedy available to a distributed network of different people, communities and agencies (primarily related to art, free technology, to architecture, education and permaculture) interested in space for use and cooperative management. Meanwhile try to experiment and learn different ways of self-management and collaborative organisation, inspired by the dynamic spread of free culture and in P2P networks. Stay + board possible.(hackerspace / hackerbase)9/17 http://nomadwiki.org/en/Alg-A_Lab

MS Stubnitz [ship currently docked in Hamburg/DE]MS Stubnitz is an 80 metre, 1960's ship transformed into a cultural and culture documentation platform. It hosts a regular ~10 person crew who can live and work there, and is able to accept new crew on a personal agreement basis. Crew consists of cultural programme organisers and event producers, audio/video engineers, technical staff to keep the boat running, a chef, and other people helping to sustain the organism. Currently it's based in Hafencity, Hamburg (Germany), holds regular self-organised culture programme.Docked in Hamburg, Germany, at least until 2017.http://ms.stubnitz.com/9/17 http://nomadwiki.org/en/MS_Stubnitz

Boodaville [Mallorca, Spain]http://boodaville.wordpress.com"1.5 hectares of olive terraces and two piney hillsides at the bottom of the Vall Rovira, Matarranya, Spain. one ruin, no mains water, not much electricity""The project will be split into four, with a family, or couple, or individual each taking on a quarter share in the project. Most of these people will live at Boodaville full time, but anyone who doesn’t will be there at least 3 months of the year and be seriously committed to taking the project forward. There will be a small group of long-term volunteers in addition to the permanent residents, and the members of the community (who must share the aims of the project) will collaborate to host regular courses and events to ensure the project is economically sustainable."9/17 http://nomadwiki.org/en/Boodaville

S14 [Antwerp, Belgium]http://ooooo.be/S14/"A bourgeois house with inhabitants, visitors and lodgers, which hosts a hackbase on the ground floor + mediacave with a online radio studio, 2 beds, library + archive of bolwerk."9/17

Can Masdeu [near Barcelona, Spain]http://www.canmasdeu.net/"The valley of Can Masdeu is a network of projects that resists, at the rhythm of the seasons, the voracity of a city without limits. It is a creative act of disobedience to the world of money, smoke, noise and speed. A proposal for collective cooperation and coexistence between generations, at the foot of Collserola and with roots in Nou Barris.The valley comprises 35 hectares of land classified as ‘equipamientos’, part of the Collserola Natural Park and is owned by the Hospital de Sant Pau. However, from the point of view of use, the active custodianship of this suburban territory is exercised by the collectives that have reclaimed this as an agricultural and social space since 2001. This network mobilizes hundreds of people, all linked to one of the five projects of the valley, and remains viscerally convinced that the land belongs to the those that work it."9/17 http://nomadwiki.org/en/Can_Masdeu

Modri kot (Blue Corner) [ROG factory, Ljubljana, Slovenia]Multi-functional place in the squatted factory ROG.http://modri.space (slovenian)<<<you can't actually stay there so it's not for this list

Traumschule Riebau [Altmark, Germany]Traumschule is located in the area of Altmark, Germany. It is dedicated to the Freiräume foundation as an open space and platform for actions. It is one spot in a wider network of nomadbases promoting the concept of free learning, self-organized skillsharing and DIY projects. It is located in the area of in. The place contains a former NVA military building with workshops, a historical train station and 4 hectare with some permaculture and fruit trees.9/17 http://nomadwiki.org/en/Traumschule

Synergie Hub + Décentrale [Mont-Soleil, Switzerland]The Synergiehub is an open network that invites you to participate in projects for fair economy, grassroots governance, free education and citizen journalism. The projects include activities in the domains of agriculture, housing, health and technology. We strive to co-create a future that embraces Permaculture principles in all aspects of life. Wherever you are, at home or on the road, you are where you need to, to be involved. We work glocally around the world and from the Décentrale, an old art-nouveau villa that you can come and stay at and make your part-time home.http://synergiehub.ch/The Décentrale property on Mont-Soleil, Switzerland is the home of no one and the part-time home of many. It is an open space used by many projects that are self-organised through the Synergiehub. The property is owned by the non-profit Permavillages association, administered by the Coopérative Décentrale and is itself self-organised through the Synergiehub as well.At the heart of the one hectare property, an old art-nouveau villa houses up to 16 people and provides workshop rooms, the kitchen and social living space. The surrounding park offers additional shelter in the form of tiny houses, caravan, tipi and yurt. The mix of park trees, open meadows and forest provide a good opportunity to develop an edible forest garden.http://wiki.synergiehub.ch/decentrale9/17 http://nomadwiki.org/en/Synergie_Hub

Nomadic Village [mobile tribe in Europe]http://nomadic.cd (Yearly 2-week gathering, different EU places)Artists on the road"Artists, researchers, activists, hackers, those who intentionally displace themselves to seek encounters that not only influence their work but form it; those who work without borders and constantly respond to situations, places and people along their journey, those who have an autonomous working and living mobile setup Since 2009 the Nomadic Village has been a 2 weeks annual settlement of Artists on the road. The nomadic artists’ mobile homes/ateliers form the structure of the Village around On The Road Productions’ Steyr-Ikarus bus, which acts as its townhall. In this autonomous enviroment participants can freely experiment with new ways of working; it stimulates creativity and exchange, and attracts local people to observe and participate in the process." 9/17 http://nomadwiki.org/en/Nomadic_Village

Reddit Island"The Reddit Island Project is dedicated to creating an affordable, sustainable, and self-sufficient modern island community by leveraging the financial resources, individual skills, state-of-the-art technology and entrepreneurial investment provided by the inhabitants. Reddit Island will strive to build this new city through residential and commercial real estate, eco-tourism, free market enterprise and by promoting the values of collaboration, volunteerism and mutual respect for all who seek to call Reddit Island their home."http://www.reddit.com/r/redditisland/

The RBE10K Projecthttp://en.rbem.org/wiki/RBE10Khttp://www.facebook.com/Rbe10k"RBE10K (R.B.E. ten thousand) is a minimalist (simple living) or eco-communalist project seeking to implement a model experimental Resource-Based Economic Model (RBEM) system. The experiment is being designed and planned mainly through the project's Wiki (http://en.rbem.org/wiki/RBE10K), and supported by other tools like this Facebook page, TZM Network, VK, Bettermeans, Libreplan, and others. The project initiated on 1st January 2013, and is intended to finalise by December 2014 (two years), and implement the two-year-long experimental community beginning on January 2015"

ProtoTribal [Arizona, USA]http://CampExist.org now http://www.prototribal.org/ProtoTribal is a non-profit, decentralized, collaborative project with the goal of developing and spreading ideas that will allow us to thrive sustainably, off grid, outside of civilization.We’re working on fun, low cost, DIY green tech projects to provide shelter, transportation, water, power, and communication and will be hosting and appearing at festivals and workshops soon!This site is in development. If you’re hungry for more info, check back regularly as we’ll be adding content regularly!

Digital Nomad Eco-Villagehttp://www.facebook.com/groups/1775730492663294"This group is to facilitate the discussion and creation of the Digital Nomad Eco-Village to be based in the south of Spain. We are looking at crowd-funding land and property for the digital nomad eco-village - possibly in partnership with an existing eco-village. The place will act as a refuge for digital nomads, startups, artists, world-changers, mavericks and unemployables escaping corporate capture of the modern world and seeking new systems/alternatives of living. -100% Renewable Energy -Sustainable Organic Agriculture -Gift Economy/ Resource Based Economy -Automation -Open Source -Abundance Generation for All "

Venus Projecthttp://www.thevenusproject.com/en/(theoretic)"The Venus Project proposes an alternative vision of what the future can be if we apply what we already know in order to achieve a sustainable new world civilization. It calls for a straightforward redesign of our culture in which the age-old inadequacies of war, poverty, hunger, debt and unnecessary human suffering are viewed not only as avoidable, but as totally unacceptable."

Kraftwerk1 [Zurich, Switzerland]Kraftwerk1 is a cooperative and grassroots housing and workspace project with three settlements located in and around Zurich. It started as an experiment in the real estate crisis of the 1990s, departing from the vision of a worldwide movement of appropriation of former industrial areas, toward shaping “a new civilisation beyond work.” Kraftwerk1 became a collective, self-organized, environmentally and economically sustainable urban alternative, within a mix of residential, social and commercial spaces. [...] Through the process of development and (daily) living, Kraftwerk1 contributes to the renaissance of the traditional cooperative movement in Zurich. Its members developed environmental standards, operational concepts, and collaborative activities in dialogue among themselves and the elected cooperative bodiesAlso: * connections to work of p.m. and "bolo'bolo"? * connections to o500?More:http://kraftwerk1.ch/ [german]http://www.o500.org/zurich.htmlhttp://www.o500.org/pm.html

N55 art collective [Copenhagen/DK]http://n55.dk/"N55 is a Copenhagen-based Scandinavian art collective which was founded in 1994. They work with art and everyday life. Over the years, N55 have achieved international recognition for their projects. All of N55's work is freely accessible; their books, manuals and images can be seen online and are not copyrighted."

Basics: * developing modular cargo bikes and trikes and has designed rolling modules that create temporary useable spaces and shelters in unused places. * also have a list of properties around the world that nomads can use freely to camp on and maybe even set up hackbases on as well: here! * Manuals !!!!

ID22: Institute for Creative Sustainability [Berlin/DE]http://id22.net/en/"a multidisciplinary, non-profit organization based in the urban lab we know as Berlin. A focus is on the theory and practice of creative sustainability, emphasizing self-organization and local urban initiatives. The Institute coordinates educational services, networking events and publications exploring CoHousing in the context a post-growth, democratic urban development."

Makrolab, by Marko Peljhan [Ljubljana/SLO]http://v2.nl/archive/works/makrolab"Makrolab is an autonomous communications, research and living unit and space, capable of sustaining concentrated work of 4 people in isolation/insulation conditions for up to 120 days. The project started in 1994 and was first realised during an art exhbition, documenta X in Kassel in 1997. [...] Makrolab has a projected life span of 10 years. The project has ended its active life in 2007."

OPEN QUESTIONS (FOR POSTING) (STUB): * Is it ok to post same content to many groups? Do initiatives do that in general? * How to cross-modify content? * ... maybe post in span of a few days? * ... maybe try finding support (twitterstorm style) because sheeple? * To post once, or to post every subseason? * Rather produce original content? (decision trees, articles, lists, etc) * ... or participate in comments?

USA SCENE ???first mentioned: * Aprovecho * Solar Living Institute"""it's a biig scene.. my unscientific impression is that it's rather more pervasive here than in Europe. Much of the US is "off-grid," for practical and sometimes cultural/political reasons. Going out to the colonies or the frontier was and is a sort of going off-grid, after all, all along. For sources, Appropedia.org comes to mind, Mother Earth News, Home Power Magazine, many other off-grid / homestead / survivalist / "prepper" magazines and sites. Whole Earth Catalog was a very influential publication in this space 1968-72 and occasionally after; and various offshoots of it continue to influence, like its 'Shelter' section head Lloyd Kahn's offshoot Shelter Publishing, still going strong, based in Bolinas just N. of San Francisco. Maker movement and Maker Faire organization has strong lineage to that and Bay Area / NorCal scene."""

<boodaville, asked about similar projects:""" * ecodharma, http://www.ecodharma.com/ : The Eco-Dharma Centre is situated in a beautiful and wild part of the Catalan Pyrenees. We offer courses, events and retreats which support the realisation of our human potential and the development of an ecological consciousness honouring our mutual belonging within the web of life – drawing on the Buddhist Dharma and the emerging ecological paradigms of our time

* 12p permaculture design, http://12pdesign.net/ : 12 Principles Permaculture Design is a Mediterranean-based permaculture education and consulting organisation. Our talented and experienced associates offer a wide range of learning opportunities, and are capable of assessing, designing and implementing projects based on the the ethics, principles, and strategies of permaculture

* maslallum ... http://www.maslallum.es/ : Welcome to Mas la Llum; Casa Rural Ecological Tourism. Located in Arenys de Lledó, in the Matarranya, Mas la Llum has three hectares of forest with a large terrace and garden. Surrounded by an excellent environment: Algars the river at the foot of the Natural Park in Beseit Ports. Mas la Llum is a House of Rural Ecotourism ecological self-built with natural elements: straw bales, wood, mud and natural clay paints; is self-sufficient and operates with 100% renewable energy."""All of these look primarily like "education communities", offering programs to financially sustain the fixed residents there, ... than "open infrastructure" bases with their own research agendas, etc.

THE CLEARINGThe Clearing is a vision of the future in the grounds of Compton Verney Art Gallery and Parkhttp://www.the-clearing.info/"""The Clearing is a vision of the future in the grounds of Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park. We’re building a living, breathing encampment, in the shadow of the former stately home, where people can come together to learn how to live in the world that’s coming our way. From March to December 2017, The Clearing will become part school, part shelter and part folly....For more information on global temperatures, food scarcity, migration, water scarcity, soil degradation and peak everything, please click the links."""cool worksops: http://www.the-clearing.info/workshops/

Portugalhttp://www.facebook.com/LouralVillage/?hc_location=ufi"Loural Village is a small eco village in central Portugal which is being restored. Permaculture and workshops, meditations and healing, inhaling the natural beauty, eating home produce and feeling renewed. Live life as it is meant to be, care for the earth, in community with others. // We want to receive permanent inhabitants, locals, travelers, hikers, and anyone that wants to enjoy the nature and the peacefulness of the site for some days or weeks. Loural will be an open village, also and definitely not in the least for local people, to enjoy a coffee and pay a visit on a free day."

FuckOffGooglehttps://wiki.fuckoffgoogle.de/index.php?title=Main_Page""" Here is a space to collect and aggregate data, campaigning material, and everything that can help kicking the "Google campus" out of Kreuzberg, and Google out of our lives! Check a gallery of urban art and other interventions in the streets! """

MAKERS LANZAROTE@lanzarote"""Hello, I'm Mara, from a new no-profit association here in Playa Honda: Makers LanzaroteWe are just start with a 3D printers y arduino projects, and we are collaborating with another association in Las Palmas: Envienta Open Source Ecology"""